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APRIL 25, 2021

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Krebs on Security

MAY 23, 2020

Secret Service warned of “massive fraud” against state unemployment insurance programs , noting that false filings from a well-organized Nigerian crime ring could end up costing the states and federal government hundreds of millions of dollars in losses. Meanwhile, a number of U.S. Last week, the U.S. ” STATE WEB SITE WOES.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 26, 2021

Last week, KrebsOnSecurity heard from a reader who had his freeze thawed without authorization through Experian’s website, and it reminded me of how truly broken authentication and security remains in the credit bureau space. “They’re allowing this huge security gap so they can make a profit. .”

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 11, 2019

Carlos Pero of Zurich Insurance on Gaining Buy-In Carlos Pero, who heads cyber application security at Zurich Insurance, discusses how to get developers to buy in to secure coding practices.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 8, 2022

Clearly, it is crucial that any digital twins (or other complex systems) are secured at the highest level. Access security challenges. Depending on their security maturity, they may also decide to outsource the risk by having a managed service host their digital twin. They need a comprehensive cybersecurity plan.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The security breach exposed the sensitive personal information of 2,192,515 people. Exposed information varied by individual and may include some combination of certain individuals’ names, social Security number, health insurance information, date of birth, and medical information. million individuals. It is a $6.6

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AIIM

AUGUST 19, 2021

Despite the proven operational improvements to be gain by going paperless, paper is still prevalent in too many core business processes today including loan applications, insurance claims, and customer onboarding. Reduced Business Risks: A fully digital environment allows you to work not only faster, but also safer.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 22, 2022

That’s where cyber insurance may be able to help. For that reason, most experts now recognize that a complete cybersecurity strategy not only includes technological solutions aimed at preventing, detecting, and mitigating attacks, it should also include cyber insurance to help manage the associated financial risks. That’s a 29.1%

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently laid down the hammer charging and fining four prominent cybersecurity vendors for making misleading claims in connection with the SolarWinds hack. A security incident is often an indication of poor investment in security programs, rather than personal characeteriziation of the security leader.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2024

IMS specializes in providing business process outsourcing (BPO) and information technology (IT) services specifically tailored for the insurance and financial services industries. In February, Bank of America began notifying some customers following the IMS data breach. ” reads a press release published by the company.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

During the past few weeks, I had the pleasure of running a presentation on how to deal with the risk of ransomware cyberattacks on corporations for the benefit of members of the “ In the Boardroom ” training course dedicated to professionals who are or aspire to become board members of publicly traded companies.

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KnowBe4

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Recent attacks are helping cyber insurers better understand what security strategies need to be in place and how to price policies based on the risk those policies cover.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Cyber security is becoming an expensive endeavour for organisations – and in many cases, the costs are so high that they can’t deal with threats appropriately. However, it’s one thing to want to invest in cyber security, but something else entirely to set aside the budget to do so. What is cyber security as a service?

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IT Governance

JULY 15, 2019

Cyber insurance is big business these days. Damages incurred by information security incidents generally aren’t covered in commercial insurance policies, so a specific policy is necessary to help cover the costs of things like forensic investigation, incident response and notification procedures.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 2, 2022

Big banks and insurance companies instilled the practice of requesting their third-party vendors to fill out increasingly bloated questionnaires, called bespoke assessments, which they then used as their sole basis for assessing third-party risk. It does this by ingesting and correlating data from a wide array of security-related datasets.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

To help, we break down the process into the following steps: How to Prepare for Ransomware. How to Prepare for Ransomware. Install layered security. Test both security and policies for effectiveness. Test both security and policies for effectiveness. Ransomware Security. Ransomware Response.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The healthcare system has disabled the Pixel tracker on all websites and applications and is evaluating how to mitigate the risk of data breach in the future. The post Healthcare system Advocate Aurora Health data breach potentially impacted 3M patients appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 30, 2019

I had the chance at RSA 2019 to visit with George Wrenn, founder and CEO of CyberSaint Security , a cybersecurity software firm that plays directly in this space. Then you have the folks whose security programs have run out of steam and they’re looking for a way to prove that they’re doing due care,” Wrenn said.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2022

First, call the cyber insurance company that issued the organization’s cybersecurity policy. Most insurance companies require specific incident response vendors, procedures, and reporting that must be met to meet the standards to be insured. Insured companies often will not have options. The First Calls After an Attack.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 18, 2022

Many security professionals think that if they have done the hard work of securing their organization, that should be enough. Even though drafting IT security policies can be a pain, formal policies provide a valuable resource to protect both the IT team and their organization. Written security policies.

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IT Governance

JULY 30, 2024

But as a reminder, here are some key facts about the CrowdStrike incident: CrowdStrike is a publicly listed security company, which provides security software to – among many other large organisations – Microsoft. The outage was caused by a bad security update rolled out by CrowdStrike. And if so, how? It’s tricky.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

This is as true in the cyber security landscape as it is in any other. To help you understand what might be in store in 2022, we’ve collected nine forecasts from cyber security experts. Cyber insurance will become more popular and more comprehensive. Cyber insurance premiums will increase. But predictions are difficult.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Keep your technical security measures up to date. Ensuring your software is kept up to date with the latest patches will close known security vulnerabilities, and deploying anti-malware and antivirus solutions will identify the latest threats. Test for security vulnerabilities. Cyber Security as a Service.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2023

The security loophole resulted in millions of private documents being revealed to the public. Researchers found about 435,000 payslips, 300 tax filings, 3,800 insurance payment documents, and 21,000 salary sheets belonging to various companies using the HR platform’s services. adrotate banner=”5″].

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 8, 2019

This will complicate things: To complicate matters, having cyber insurance might not cover everyone's losses. Zurich American Insurance Company refused to pay out a $100 million claim from Mondelez, saying that since the U.S.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 12, 2023

In February, the Clop ransomware group claimed to have stolen sensitive data from over 130 organizations by exploiting a zero-day vulnerability ( CVE-2023-0669 ) in Fortra’s GoAnywhere MFT secure file transfer tool. TITx also provided impacted individuals with guidance on how to prevent identity theft and fraud.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 11, 2022

One of the most common mistakes that organisations make when addressing cyber security is that they consider it a one-off event. This process should be embedded within your overall cyber security measures in what experts refer to as cyber defence in depth. What is threat management?

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 14, 2021

With organisations’ cyber security requirements becoming more complex and the threat of cyber attacks growing each year, many decision-makers are turning towards cyber security as a service. This approach, also known as managed cyber security, works by outsourcing cyber security to a third party. You’ll save money.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 14, 2021

— Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) June 11, 2021. pic.twitter.com/cBeTfteyGl — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) June 11, 2021. — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) June 11, 2021. The attack works by using PDF documents designed to rank on search results.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 27, 2023

Until being contacted by this reporter on Monday, the state of Vermont had at least five separate Salesforce Community sites that allowed guest access to sensitive data, including a Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program that exposed the applicant’s full name, Social Security number, address, phone number, email, and bank account number.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 20, 2024

billion records, including Social Security numbers, have been compromised in a cyberattack targeting National Public Data (NPD), a company specializing in background checks. NPD reportedly had a legal and ethical responsibility to protect and secure this information from unauthorized access and breaches, a duty it allegedly failed to uphold.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 9, 2021

Tracey Santor is the bond product manager for Travelers , which insures a large number of financial institutions against this type of crime. “And they were given instructions on how to do it. . “And they were given instructions on how to do it.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 9, 2021

We make IT, security, or any business decision by weighing the risks and the rewards. Or as is often the case with security, what costs can we skip and still escape big penalties later? Dealing with an incident is a matter of “when and how bad,” not “if.” Be in-line with insurance policies. Yet, it can get worse.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

In some circles, cyber security is synonymous with threat protection. That’s certainly true, but there’s a lot more to cyber security than protecting assets. The measures you implement should be part of a cohesive strategy that helps organisations prepare for and respond to security threats.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

From the push for quantum-resilient cryptography to Software Bill of Material (SBOM ) requirements aimed at bolstering supply chain security, this installment examines the regulatory changes and evolving technical standards poised to reshape compliance expectations. EU AI Act) demand proactive adaptation.

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IT Governance

JULY 11, 2019

You can avoid this by teaching staff about ransomware and establishing a line of communication in the event of security incidents. See also: How does ransomware infect your systems? If you don’t already have cyber insurance, it’s worth considering. This means you could be wasting valuable time identifying the problem.

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Lenny Zeltser

JULY 1, 2020

To achieve this, the scammer: Obtains the victim’s personal information , including name, date of birth, social security number, address, and probably employment history. I wrote this article to help other victims of this unemployment insurance fraud and identity theft scam. I believe in this scheme.

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